By Roxanne Reid
Do you wish you could improve your writing, your website or blog? Follow more than 40 tips in my new book, The Essential Guide to Self-Editing, and you can become “the Jedi of self-editing”. The guide is intended for bloggers, social media managers and business people, for students and post-grad academics – anyone who hasn’t trained to be a writer but finds themselves writing every day and would like to do it better.

By Roxanne ReidOver the Christmas break I've been doing some reading and re-reading of old favourites. Some of you might still be on holiday for another few days. Whether you're lazing on the beach, hiking in the mountains or even chilling at home, you're bound to have more time to read. So I've chosen 7 of my favourite books about Africa to share with you.

​By Roxanne Reid‘This is a delicious book. It evokes things we love about the country around us. It conjures up places that soothe the soul. Its huge fault is that ... well, people are going to read it. And then where will all our best-kept secrets be?’ So said author and TV presenter Denis Beckett in his foreword of A Walk in the Park, which takes readers on a road trip in and around South Africa's national parks. Now an updated 2nd edition e-book has been published.

By Roxanne ReidA bout of cerebral malaria 18 years ago made Heinrich van den Berg reconsider his life as a civil engineer and decide to live his passion – photography. Now, with some 20 photography books already published, he’s bringing out a new one called Reflection. It’s a deeply personal book in which, he says, he has used ‘something deeper inside me than just sight, hearing and touch’. In this Q&A with photographer Heinrich van den Berg, he shares some insights and some of the photos from the book.

By Roxanne ReidIf you love the back roads and little dorpies of the dry South African heartland that is the Karoo, you have two choices. You can fill up with high-priced fuel and go exploring on four wheels, or you can put yourself in the hands of authors Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit and let them be your virtual guides. They’ve made it their mission to travel to every corner of the Karoo to meet people and document the way of life. Now, with the launch of their ebook store, it just got easier to enjoyvirtual travels through the Karoo.

By Roxanne ReidA woman takes a dip in a croc-infested dam. An angry elephant flips a car on to its roof. A man drives hundreds of kilometres with a venomous snake at his feet. A family gets caught in rising floodwaters. A lioness opens a car door with her teeth. These are just five of the amazing stories you can read about in 101 Kruger Tales.

By Roxanne ReidWhen I discover new authors whose books I want to scoff up in huge inelegant chunks as if they were double-chocolate mousse cake, I love to find out more about them. What makes them tick? What are they passionate about? What were the difficulties they encountered? So I was chuffed to have the chance to answer some questions for an American website recently, this time from the other side of the desk.

By Roxanne ReidThere isn't anyone more qualified to write a field guide to the animals, plants, climate and landscape of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park than Gus and Margie Mills, who have lived and worked there for 18 years. So when they produce a new natural history guide to the Kalahari, the book is sure to get a lot of attention.

I love books almost as much as I love travel and wildlife, so the chance to combine the passions is always a treat. We can’t spend every minute on the road on in the bush, but books are a fabulous substitute, a way to travel vicariously, no matter where you are. Here’s my pick of 5 books about travel and wildlife that are definitely worth a look.

Regular readers of this blog will know by now that I like nothing more than to disappear into the wilds, to places like the Kalahari, Namibia or Botswana. When I'm not in the wilds, I love to read about it. Here are five of the books about Africa that have inspired me over the years.

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I'm an independent travel writer and book editor with a passion for Africa - anything from African travel, people, safari and wildlife to adventure, heritage, road-tripping and slow travel.Since 2015, travel buddy and husband Keith has been the primary photographer for this blog.We're happiest in the middle of nowhere, meeting the locals, trying something new, or simply watching the grass grow.In this blog you can discover new places to go, revisit places you've loved, or take a virtual tour of destinations you only dream about.

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